“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a green flicker into his eyes. 'For one thing it would take a long while: my name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time saying anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to.” -- J.R.R.Tolkien, The Two Towers

A great portrayal of Treebeard and the hobbits. I find it interesting in the way the patches of background colour make the figures stand out. The Treebeard's face really reflects what we know about him: The ancient guardian of the forest, dignified in his own way and quite scary at first glance, but good-hearted in the core. I find his more human face appropriate (as compared with the film version of him). As for the hobbits, I at first glance found their rather static or stiff poses (especially the one on the left, is it Pippin?) and that they are drawn strictly in profile a bit odd as compared with the dynamic pose of Treebeard, but now as I look at it, I find the contrast quite interesting. And it makes sense one would be a little bit stiff when held by an ent in such a way. All in all a nice illustration.

Well thank you, Kippa. I'm happy you like it.The resemblance between the two characters was not a conscious design choice. Perhaps it's just my own interpretation of what a wise, deliberate and ancient being looks like because other than that, Gandalf and Treebeard have very little left in common that would explain a resemblance. I originally thought of making Treebeard's whiskers green like common moss, but the text indicates that his beard was grey. That might be why you drew the parallel. Both have wandered the earth for ages, but Gandalf is one of the Maiar, an almost angelic-like creature whereas Treebeard has always been a tree-like shepherd of the forest.